6371.000 Synsepalum (A. DC.) Daniell

AFROSERSALISIA A. Chev.

PACHYSTELA Pierre ex Engl.

Leistner, O.A. (2005) Seed plants of southern tropical Africa: families and genera SABONET Report No. 26 SABONET, Pretoria

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs. Leaves spirally arranged, sometimes coriaceous; lateral nerves fairly conspicuous, distant, curving towards leaf apex; stipules may be present. Flowers 5-merous, fascicled or solitary, long-pedicellate or sessile, borne in axils of the current or fallen leaves, sometimes on branches, rarely on the stem. Calyx a single whorl of 5(6) free or partly united sepals. Corolla tube short, lobes 5(6) usually widely spreading, simple, longer to shorter than the tube. Fruit a 1-seeded berry. Seed ellipsoid.

Worldwide: 20 species in tropical Africa

Mozambique: 5 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
brevipes (Baker f.) T.D. Penn.	N,Z,MS	Description, Image
cerasiferum (Welw.) T.D. Penn.	Z,MS
chimanimani S.Rokni & I.Darbysh.[NrEnd][EN]	MS	Description, Image
muelleri (Kupicha) T.D. Penn.[NrEnd]	N,Z
passargei (Engl.) T.D. Penn.	N,Z,MS

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